Love the iPhone, Hate the Tax Cheat: US Uncut Protests Apple, and Apple Gets Aggressive

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AlterNet / By Rae Gomes

Love the iPhone, Hate the Tax Cheat: US Uncut Protests Apple, and Apple Gets Aggressive
US Uncut protesters from across the country were met with heavy-handed treatment in their targeted action against the Apple Corporation.

June 8, 2011 |


US Uncut, the decentralized grassroots movement that works to stop corporate tax dodgers, recently turned its attention to the Apple Corporation.

On Saturday June 4, various US Uncut factions participated in a National Day of Action, targeting Apple stores in 10 cities. In response, the protesters were met with an excessive heavy hand from the maker of the ubiquitous “i” products.

Perhaps best known for its creative stunt against GE, US Uncut is a movement organized through social media that connects corporate tax cheating to public service cuts. As Americans are being forced to endure brutal budget cuts, US Uncut calls for an end to corporate tax avoidance, focusing on Apple, GE, Bank of America, Verizon and other companies that aggressively dodge taxes. The group has led over 300 actions nationwide since February 2011.

The June 4 Day of Action was built on young Americans' love of Apple, which, it turns out, supports the not-so-lovable “Win America Campaign” (WAC). If passed, the WAC legislation would give a tax holiday to Apple and other major corporations like Google and Microsoft, squandering $80 billion in American taxpayers' money -- and making Apple $4 billion richer. .........(more)

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